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9 Cards in this Set
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Broca's area |
The speech production centre of the brain (located in the left frontal lobe). |
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Broca's aphasia |
Leads to difficulty in expressing words or sentences, but the ability to comprehend speech is unaffected. |
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Wernicke's area |
Responsible for language interpretation and creating grammatically correct speech (located in the left temporal lobe). |
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Wernicke's aphasia |
Leads to difficulty understanding written and spoken language and producing written and spoken language that makes sense. |
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Frontal lobe association area functions |
Language and emotional regulation |
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Parietal lobe association area functions |
Environment, shapes, multiplication |
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Occipital lobe association area functions |
Recognising things by sight. |
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Temporal lobe association area functions |
Written and spoken language, recognising songs, faces and paintings. |
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Prefrontal cortex |
High level cognitive functions, social interaction, awareness, behaviour and inhibiting inappropriate behaviour. |
